Police investigate stabbing of man with two names

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (AP) - Police continue investigating Thursday whether the recent stabbing death of a man using an assumed name was linked to his attempted murder conviction 10 years ago.

Jesse Royal Hornbuckle, 47, originally identified by police as Jesse Royal Skinner, died of multiple stab wounds Tuesday at a Fort Worth hospital.

Police said Hornbuckle apparently called 911 and that his wife and teen-age children were not home when he was attacked.

Hours after the stabbing, authorities learned the victim's last name was Hornbuckle. They don't know when or why he started using the name Skinner, said North Richland Hills police investigator Larry Irving.

Neither do police know if Hornbuckle's death is related to his criminal past, Irving said. No one had been arrested in the case as of Thursday.

"We are exploring motives, and there are any number of possibilities," Irving said.

Hornbuckle pleaded guilty to criminal attempted murder in 1991, about two years after shooting a Fort Worth man in the leg, and received six years' probation, according to police and court records.